Sales Director (Energy / Insurance Brokerage)

OverviewSales Director – Energy Brokerage | UK. My client is a high-growth, PE-backed energy brokerage and advisory firm seeking a dynamic Sales Director to lead and rapidly scale its direct sales function. The business plans to expand from 6 to 25+ direct sales team members in 6 months, including 3–4 senior leaders. This is a leadership role in a buy-and-build environment with an aggressive MandA and growth strategy. Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom.

Key Responsibilities

Own and grow the direct sales channel: team structure, hiring, coaching, and performance management.

Build scalable sales strategies and processes to support rapid team expansion and MandA integration.

Drive revenue across new business, renewals, and cross-sell of value-added services (e.g. solar, energy audits, monitoring).

Collaborate with executive leadership to refine and execute the go-to-market strategy.

Deliver against sales PandL targets while improving client retention and lifetime value.

About You

Proven track record of building and scaling high-performance B2B sales teams in fast-growth environments.

Hands-on, people-first leader who can guide both experienced and developing talent.

Brings sales rigour, process, and commercial structure that scales across multi-site or multi-entity organisations.

Experience in energy, Solar-as-a-Service, or B2B services (e.g. insurance brokerage) preferred.

Exposure to private equity-backed, buy-and-build growth models is a strong advantage.

Package

Competitive base salary + uncapped performance-based commission

Equity potential upon team scale-up

Opportunity to play a defining leadership role in a high-growth, acquisition-driven scale-up

Details

Seniority level: Director

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Sales, Business Development, and Management

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